We're learning more from court documents after a man was accused of killing his stepfather and dumping him in the family pool.

We're learning more from court documents after a man was accused of killing his stepfather and dumping him in the family pool.

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Updated: 5:26 PM CDT May 16, 2014

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WEBVTT FRONT OF THE VEHICLES. THIS IS THE *SIXTH RECALL BY G-M THIS WEEK... AND THE 24TH THIS YEAR. THE SOUTH KANSAS CITY MAN CHARGED WITH MURDERING HIS STEPFATHER MADE HIS FIRST COURT APPEARANCE TODAY. THE WIFE OF 70-YEAR OLD HAL CORNELL FOUND HIM IN THEIR BACKYARD POOL, BLUDGEONED TO DEATH. KMBC 9'S PEGGY BREIT IS LIVE AT THE HOME ON POPLAR WITH THE LATEST. PEGGY... THE STEPSON LIVED HERE AT THIS HOME WITH HIS MOTHER AND STEPFATHER. TONIGHT COURT DOCUMENTS ARE TELLING US MORE ABOUT THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF HIS ARREST... AND HIS CONFESSION TO THE CRIME. IT WAS TUESDAY WHEN CORNELL'S WIFE CALLED POLICE AFTER FINDING HER HUSBAND'S BODY IN THE POOL-- SHE HAD BEEN STAYING WITH HER DAUGHTER FOR A COUPLE DAYS. NEIGHBORS TELL US THE STEPSON, 41-YEAR OLD BRYON HARVEY, HAD PROBLEMS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND AFTER BEING QUESTIONED BY POLICE THAT DAY, HE TOLD SOME NEIGHBORS HE HAD FOUND CORNELL'S BODY DAYS EARLIER AND DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. THAT NIGHT, HARVEY WENT TO THE INTERNATIONAL HOUSE OF PRAYER ABOUT A MILE AWAY. PEOPLE ARE ALWACT AND HARVEY BEGAN TALKING WITH AN INTERN. COURT DOCUMENTS SAY HARVEY CONFESSED TO KILLING HIS STEPFATHER. I-HOP CALLED THE POLICE. IF ANYBODY COMES TO US AND WE HEAR THAT THERE'S A LAW BROKEN OR A PERSON HARMED THEN WE TURN EVERYTHING OVER TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. THE DOCUMENTS ALSO SHOW THAT HARVEY TOLD POLICE HE WAS BUILDING A COFFIN IN THE BASEMENT FOR HIS STEPDAD. SOME NEIGHBORS SAY HE TOLD THEM THAT AS WELL. OTHERS SAY HARVEY MADE THEM FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE... SEEMED TO BE LOSING HIS GRIP ON REALITY, AFTER LOSING HIS JOB AND HIS CAR. A COUPLE TIMES HE WOULD, YOU KNOW, CAME OUT OF NO WHERE AND TALK AND I WAS A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, CONCERNED. BOND FOR BRYON HARVEY IS SET AT 250- THOUSAND DOLLARS CASH. LIVE AT 109-TH AND POPLAR, PB, KMBC 9 NEWS. C-3 HARVEY TOLD POLICE HE AND HIS STEPFATHER ARGUED, AND HIS STEPFATHER PULLED A GUN. HARVEY CLAIMS HE HIT

More details released in bludgeoning pool death

We're learning more from court documents after a man was accused of killing his stepfather and dumping him in the family pool.